1. Banish Your Inner Critic Denise R. Jacobs Web Design Day | Pittsburgh, PA 12 June 2015 2. @denisejacobs @WebDesignDay #banishyourcritic 3. Photo by Derek Kearney WaitWhat?! 4. Upon a time http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365 5. 29 June http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/ 6. Instead of creativity Photo from Flickr.com 7. Destructivity http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/ 8. The voices in my head were merciless http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/ 9. I totally freaked out 10. I shouldn't be writing this I misrepresented myself I don't know enough This should be someone elses book Im going to look stupid Everyone will see that Im a fake What if it's not good enough? What if I'm not good enough?Noreally! 11. 2 days http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiery-phoenix/8428079916/ 12. Worked non-stop https://www.flickr.com/photos/53611153@N00/5827849044/ 13. Pushed myself to burn-out http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/ 14. My internal critical voices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/ 15. Made this happen https://www.flickr.com/photos/70938871@N05/8230432077 16. Physical evidence of fear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/ 17. A different kind of fear Photo: Denise Jacobs 18. Internalized criticisms + fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682 19. = The Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/ 20. aka The Troll Under the Bridge 21. F.E.A.R. = http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/7a361666e107cd36656d5a66ea2e4e80.jpg 22. Or https://twitter.com/Phishtitz/status/474661495935365120 23. The enemy of creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/ 24. Creative brainwaves http://uniteunderfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Brain-waves.jpg 25. Know your brainwaves 26. Stress & frustration https://www.flickr.com/photos/corneveaux/3248566797/ 27. Suppress generative impulses in the brain https://www.flickr.com/photos/birthintobeing/11841180046 28. Dampens creative expression http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8156999698/ 29. How to ID your Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/ 30. Not that hard, right? http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/ 31. OMG, Im SO busy! 32. I should have done more by now http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/ 33. Theyll find out Im a fraud 34. I dont know enough http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg 35. (or tricked into thinking this) 36. vs. NAILED IT! https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-drummond/3946893897 37. Impostor Syndrome Paradox http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/ 38. It needs to be FLAWLESS http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/ 39. Ill do it tomorrow http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ 40. Really, Ill do it tomorrow. http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ 41. I will do it tomorrow! http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ 42. Feed each other 43. In order for http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/ 44. You need brain management 45. The goal is to manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating 46. rather than the destructive and debilitating art of self- torture. - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution 47. How do we http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5445602998/ 48. Banish the Inner Critic? https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/ 49. Eliminate Should/Must/Ought/Have to http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/3822942678/ 50. Say NO to Comparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/ 51. Ask it questions http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4749432145/ 52. Be compassionate http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/ 53. Reassign duty http://www.flickr.com/photos/shavawnmarie/1326123397/ 54. Remember your successes http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/ 55. (My personal version) Photo: Denise Jacobs 56. Maintain perspective http://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/ 57. *WHATEVER* http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/1-23-2013/quhKj3.gif 58. Cop a Power Pose 59. Breaking the loop 60. Perfectionism http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/ 61. Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. Anne Wilson Schaef 62. The real problem http://cuttingthecheese.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/26810560251953842_ede18tng_f.jpg 63. Perfectionists focus on the finished product https://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/3667889959/ 64. Rather than the process http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/ 65. The Best vs The most https://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326 66. Wise words 67. Amen! https://twitter.com/dickelippe/status/581204005013078016/photo/1 68. Remember egocentricity 69. You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Dr. Maya Angelou 70. Decouple your performance from who you are https://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6824608878 71. Fear of failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/ 72. Fear is not real. It is a product of the thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice. - character of Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith), After Earth 73. Reframe failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/ 74. And mistakez https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/4498817330/ 75. (maybe even embrace them) http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/ 76. Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. - Henry Ford 77. Humble beginnings Twitter, circa 2006 78. Copy the #fail masters Photo: Denise Jacobs 79. Take steps http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/ 80. #Fail http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/ 81. Go again http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/ 82. Satisfice https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepyvalley/3650673328 83. Be bad/make it ugly https://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684 84. Being right keeps us in place. Being wrong forces us to explore. Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From 85. Perfection Excellence https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaldoche/4771465356 86. Procrastination http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ 87. The trick is not determining which you are http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/ 88. Nor administering a dose of https://www.flickr.com/photos/116357579@N08/13178367583 89. Increase the meaning/value http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/2460475510/ 90. Mind Tricks https://www.flickr.com/photos/32135758@N02/5325454434/ 91. Dont do it, just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs 92. Structured procrastination https://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/1043379069 93. Time & Space Tricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/ 94. Eliminate distractions From Shit Black Girls Say, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I 95. Ignore to focus 96. Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com Browser Extensions Firefox: LeechBlock Idderall Google Chrome: Strict Workflow StayFocusd Website Blocker Aids for digital blocking 97. Added bonus HeyFocus.com 98. Airplane mode http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieterouwerkerk/699475144/ 99. Make it a Sprint http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/ 100. Fill a Quota https://www.flickr.com/photos/teosaurio/3392883329/ 101. Remember this: Photo: Denise Jacobs 102. My storys end? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/ 103. February http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/ 104. #FAIL https://www.flickr.com/photos/dafnecholet/5374200948 105. #WINNING! http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/ 106. I wrote a book! Photo: Denise Jacobs 107. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thatconference/9532425040/ Which created AMAZING things for me 108. Bad dreams https://www.flickr.com/photos/agroffman/4613265988 109. The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterdaybut never jam to-day. It MUST come sometimes to jam to-day, Alice objected. No, it cant, said the Queen. Its jam every OTHER day: to-day isnt any OTHER day, you know. from Through the Looking Glass & What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll 110. Jam = Reward / Satisfaction https://www.flickr.com/photos/macati/2180421766 111. YOU NEVER GET JAM http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alicepic/through-the-looking-glass/2book42.jpg 112. By sharing my experience Photo: Deloria Jacobs 113. Show you there is an alternative https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144 114. The creative adult is the child who survived after the world tried killing them, making them grown up. 115. The creative adult is the child who survived the blandness of schooling, the unhelpful words of bad teachers, and the nay-saying ways of the world. Ursula K. L Guin 116. By understanding this 117. Youll look at yourself differently https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429 118. Let yourself create those imperfect, yet amazing ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcymet/3564484236/ 119. Because, after all https://www.flickr.com/photos/aoberg/9652158212 120. The End Photo: Denise Jacobs 121. Get the slides!creativedo.se/wdd-ic 122. 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